Garment supporter



Jan. s, 1924. l 1,480,491

' J. W. BEASLEY. JR

GARMENT sUPPoRTER Filed April 23 .l 1920 |;`11\u111111111111111111111m111mm111111111111111 [NV EN TGR.

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Patented Jan. 8, lgd.

UNITED srrss incensi' l JOHN VJ. BEASLEY, JR., OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFRNIA.

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Appncanon sied apr-n es, ieee.l serial no. 376,085.

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Be it known that I, JOHN TW. BnAsLEr, dr., a citizen of the United States, residing atl Los Angeles, in the county of Los geles and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Garment Supporter; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

he object of the invention is to provide a simple and en'icient garment supporting or holding device of the elastic or contractile type wherein the disadvantages of rubber and like material-s are avoided and wherein the application of the supporter or holder to the garment is facilitated, particularly when the device is intended to be used in connection with a sheath or pocket in the garment as in connection with waist bands, stocking tops and the like, and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction and combina-tion of arts of which a preferred embodiment is s own in the drawing, wherein Figure l is a view of the supporter or holder applied in the operative position to a garment, a portion of the latter being broken away.

Figure 2 is a view of the supporter taclied.

Figure 3 is a sectional View showing the relation between the attachable or engageable extremities of the supporter or holder.

rhe device consists essentially of a body portion composed of a coil of fine wire having a contractile strength of the required degree to suit the function which it is to perform, said body portion being provided` at its extremities respectively with the com plemental members 11 and 12 of a fastening means which in the construction illustrated consists of a pin and a terminally reduced socket for the reception of the pin and wherein the latter is provided with a bore for frictionally engaging and holding theL pin when the members are united. The socket forms a sheath for the pin, to prevent contact of the extremity of the latter with adjacent objects, and at their inner ends said pin and socket are provided with heads 13 and 14 to which the ends of .the body coil are substantially secured.

The supporter may be threaded into a. sheath or pocket 15 formed on or constituting a part'of a garment such asthat illus-V trated at 16 in the dra-wing, and the reduced 'socket member 12 constitutes a suitable threading head for facilitating the introduction of the device into' the pocket, it beingthe intention to remove the -supporter or holder from'the garment whenV the latter isto be laundered, so that it is not exposedA to the deteriorating effect of the water which serves in a very short time to render the ordinary rubber supporter useless.

The socket member 12 comprises a hollow casing or shell 17 provided with end open* ings extending into the interior thereof, the inner walls of the casing or shell incline from the inner to the outer end thereof to vary the inside diameter of the shell and the inner end of the shell or casing is provided with an annular wall surrounding the inner end opening of the casing. The head 1"- is provided with a spherical portion 18 from the forward end of which projects the tubular member 19 provided With a shoulder 20 and a head 21. which receives balls 22. AnV expansible coil spring 23 is arranged within the casing or shell 17 and .surrounds the tubular member 19 and bears against the inner wall of the shell and the i shoulder 20 and serves to force the shell onto the member 19 and to cause the balls 22 to recede into the head 21. the head 13 and the spherical member 18 are engaged between the fingers and thumb of the hand7 and the pin is inserted into the casing 17 and enters the tubular member 18 and forces the balls 22 from the head 21 and causes the same to engage and bind 'against the inner walls ofthe casing or shell. Independent movement of the shell or casing with respect to the `remainder of the struc-y ture will release or more firmly bind the pin in the socket, according to the direction of movement of said shell. The action of the spring 23 is such as tends to bind the pin in the socket.

While other forms of terminal fastening means for the body portion of the supporter' may be employed the advantages of that herein disclosed will be apparent particularly in the matter of facilitating the attachment to and removal from the garment in connection with which the same may be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A fastener-of the class described compris- In' operationV ing,` a flexible body, a head secured to one end thereof, a rigid pin extending foi'- Wardly from said head, L head secured to the opposite end of the body, a socket meinbei Carried by said second named head, said socket member comprising a tubulaimenibei rigidly secured to said second' named head and projecting forwardly therefrom and adapted to receive said pin, a shell having an opening in one end and a shoulder surrounding said opening', said tubular member projecting into said shell through said opening, said -tubular member havingr ahead forming a shoulder at its free end, balls arranged in radially extending openings in said head, said shell having tapering inner Walls adapted when the shell is moved engage and move said balls inwardly of and said shell adapted to move independent i oi' movement of the flexible body and in opposition to the action of said Coil springto release the rigid pin 'from ilie tubular meinber.

In testimony whereof aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN WT. BEASLCY, lVitnesses THOMAS L. GoULn, SIDNEY J. BUSH. i

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